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CLIFTON MARTIN WALTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 3, 1945 – August 23, 1966
Service recordClifton Martin Walter, of Erie, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 32
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 32
- KENNETH PETER TIERNEYPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DENNIS WELDON WELLMANNLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL SANDERSONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1966
From Erie
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD ROY OSWALDGunnery Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- FRANK CARL SUVARA JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 1967
- CHARLES SUTHERLAND HYMERSFirst Lieutenant · February 4, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.